The questions
1 Which novel’s title alludes to the start of 15 August 1947?
2 The Sixth Yamaguchi-gumi is the largest group of what?
3 Which tennis player inspired the Bum Bum ice-cream?
4 Which writing system was once called “letters of the birds”?
5 Amália Rodrigues was the “queen” of which Iberian music style?
6 Bonxie is another name for which seabird?
7 What is the oldest university in Belgium?
8 A baby’s caul was said to protect against which fate?
What links:
9 Ross; Filchner-Ronne; Amery; Larsen; Riiser-Larsen?
10 Lunatic; jovial; martial; mundane; venereal?
11 Commanders; Nationals; Capitals; Wizards?
12 Chevalier Rebsomen; Paul Wittgenstein; Rick Allen?
13 Martello; Palmerston; Maunsell?
14 WordPress; Wix; Squarespace?
15 Dunfermline Palace (I); St James’s Palace (II); Buckingham Palace (III)?
The answers
1 Salman Rushdie’s Midnight’s Children.
2 Japanese yakuza.
3 Boris Becker.
4 Egyptian hieroglyphics.
5 Fado.
6 Great skua.
7 Leuven (Louvain).
8 Drowning.
9 Major ice shelves in Antarctica.
10 Adjectives related to heavenly bodies: Moon; Jupiter; Mars; Earth; Venus.
11 Washington DC sports teams: American football; baseball; ice hockey; basketball.
12 One-armed/one-handed musicians: 19th-century flautist; 20th-century pianist; drummer in Def Leppard.
13 Coastal and sea forts/towers.
14 Website building platforms.
15 Birthplaces of the three King Charleses.
